Media mentions

Early Learning Nation: "...44% of child care providers are struggling to afford at least one basic need like food, housing or utilities, and one in three is going hungry.

EdNC: The RAPID Survey Project and NAEYC asked providers and families about what’s happening in places where pandemic child care funding ended in September.

USA Today: "Families with children have experienced material hardship at levels last seen in 2020, according to surveys regularly conducted by researchers based at Stanford."

Public News Service: "...around 39% of women with small children said they've quit or reduced their hours on the job since the pandemic."

K-12 Dive: The 2023 yearbook includes national data gathered from the Stanford University Center on Early Childhood’s Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development Survey.

Insider Business: "When there continues to be strain on the system, the people who are often hardest-hit are those who are already the most vulnerable," said Cristi Carman of RAPID

Youth Today: A quarter of all daycare providers said they had a hard time affording housing, according to Stanford University’s Center on Early Childhood.

In K-12 Dive: 44% of early childhood providers reported experiencing at least one area of financial hardship," according to the RAPID Survey Project.

From the Washington Post: SCEC Leadership Council member Jelena Obradović explains how to help kids build friendships.

From K-12 Dive: According the the RAPID Survey Project, "...nearly 1 in 4 child care programs would have folded without the federal emergency funding."

In The New Republic: "If Congress allows billions in childcare relief to expire in three weeks, parents are going to pay the price."

"[S]ince the pandemic (according to Stanford’s RAPID survey), 39% of women with children younger than five said they had either quit their jobs or reduced their hours."

In EdSource: “If we’re concerned about the well-being of kids, we should be concerned about the well-being of adults in the lives of children,” said SCEC Director Philip Fisher.

Its latest project, Community Voices, has the RAPID team zeroing in on community-based surveys in Chicago, several counties across Michigan, Texas and California.

The Thriving Providers Project sends out regular, guaranteed payments to home-based child care providers. It's already having a big impact.

From the Stanford Center on Early Childhood launch: Read the transcript from the "Pediatrics: A Critical Partner to Promote Early Childhood Development and Learning" panel.

Dr. Joan Lombardi reflects on issues in the early childhood measurement and evidence field after the 2023 Comparative International Education Society (CIES) Conference.

The pandemic strengthened commitment to young children across the US. How do we stop complacency from undermining that commitment?

The new Stanford Center on Early Childhood (an initiative of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning) held a launch event November 3. Here are our Top Takeaways.

Wages for workers are unlivable and not keeping pace with the rising cost of groceries.